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Â鶹ÊÓƵ celebrates Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday
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A tree planting and a showstopping cake rustled up by a dream Great British Bake Off team were highlights of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s...
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Leicester chemist brings dinosaurs with a dram of science to Edinburgh Science Festival
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Great British Bake Off finalist Dr Josh Smalley co-hosts two shows with Bake Off 2020 winner Peter Sawkins, exploring how fossils form, and the...
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ scientists reveal hidden world of baking in new Matt Adlard book
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ scientists have revealed the hidden world of baking through microscopic images featured in Matt Adlard’s new book, The...
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TV legend Johnny Ball gets Â鶹ÊÓƵ staff, students and local schoolchildren thinking of numbers
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The science and mathematics communicator visited Â鶹ÊÓƵ to launch the NSPCC’s Number Day 2026 and joined Dr Josh Smalley, chemist...
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Leicester Earth Observation expert unravels SpaceX spiral phenomenon for BBC’s The Sky at Night
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Professor Paul Monks gives his expert insight for the long-running BBC astronomy TV programme.
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National award for Josh’s out of this world bakes with National Space Centre
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Instagram series Mission Bake, a collaboration between Dr Josh Smalley and the National Space Centre, has won first place at the Sir Arthur Clarke...
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Leicester chemist conjures up spooktacular science of baking masterclass at New Scientist Live
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ culinary chemist Dr Josh Smalley wowed the crowds with his Halloween-themed baking spells – and some vomiting pumpkins –...
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The science of scary scrumptiousness: Leicester chemist to present at New Scientist Live
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Chemistry researcher and Great British Bake Off finalist Dr Josh Smalley joins the line-up at science festival with a Hallowe’en-themed live...
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Faraday Institution Honours Leicester Team for Battery Recycling Innovation
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ chemists recognised with a Highly Commended Faraday Institution Community Award for Innovation for patent-pending...
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GBBO finalist Josh to judge public’s attempts to turn science into cake
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Dr Josh Smalley will judge a national baking contest run by the Medical Research Foundation